There are approximately 210,000 Chinese people in the United Arab Emirates as of 2022,[1] 150,000 of which are in Dubai.[2] Many Chinese expatriates hail from the Wenzhou region; they are mostly businessmen and merchants who run hundreds of commodity shops through the Emirates.[3] Chinese culture in the Emirates has a sizeable presence; there are many Chinese restaurants in Dubai.[citation needed]
Total population | |
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210,000 2.2% of the UAE population | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Abu Dhabi · Dubai | |
Languages | |
Wenzhounese · Cantonese · Mandarin Chinese · English | |
Religion | |
Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Protestant, Roman Catholic, Islam |
The Chinese-themed Dragon Mart is a set of two adjacent shopping malls in the China Cluster of Dubai International City, a suburb of Dubai.[4][5] It is 1.2 kilometre long and is the "largest Chinese retail trading hub outside mainland China".[6] It includes the largest concentration of Chinese businesses in the UAE.[7]